Summary: Add a compact in-app news view for EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Garuda, and CachyOS, with filtering and a clear split between critical system updates (kernel/systemd/core) and general package news. Related planning: dev/IMPROVEMENTS/FEATURE_PRIORITY.md, dev/IMPROVEMENTS/news_feed_implementation.md, dev/WORKFLOWS/news_fetching_workflow.md.
Problem / motivation
Arch-based derivatives publish important announcements; users want them inside Pacsea with filtering and severity hints.
Goals
- Detect or let user select distro flavor; fetch appropriate feed(s) (RSS/Atom/JSON per distro).
- Present headlines + body in a reader panel; optional open-in-browser keybind.
- Classification: tag items affecting kernel/systemd/core as “system critical” when detectable from title/category/package lists; fallback heuristic with manual override not required in v1.
Recommended implementation
1) Reuse existing news plumbing
- Audit current news modules and HTTP/caching; extend with multi-source registry keyed by
DistroId.
2) Sources
- Maintain a small table:
EndeavourOS → URL, Manjaro → URL, etc., with versioned defaults; allow user override URLs in config for resilience.
3) Classification pipeline
- Rules: keyword lists (kernel, systemd, glibc, openssl, etc.) + optional RSS categories.
- Package correlation (stretch): if news references CVE or package name, cross-link to installed version if data available.
4) UX
- Filter chips: All | Critical | Pacman | AUR; search within cached items.
- Background refresh with TTL; show last updated timestamp.
Acceptance criteria
- Works offline with last cached fetch; shows stale indicator.
- Failing feed: per-source error, others still load.
- Respects
--dry-run for any write (if caching to disk is considered mutating, document behavior consistent with app norms).
Testing
- Unit tests with recorded HTTP fixtures; no live network in CI.
- Parser tests for each feed shape you support.
Risks
- Feed format drift; keep parser tolerant and log parse failures.
Tracking: dev/ROADMAP/OTHER_distro_news.md
Summary: Add a compact in-app news view for EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Garuda, and CachyOS, with filtering and a clear split between critical system updates (kernel/systemd/core) and general package news. Related planning:
dev/IMPROVEMENTS/FEATURE_PRIORITY.md,dev/IMPROVEMENTS/news_feed_implementation.md,dev/WORKFLOWS/news_fetching_workflow.md.Problem / motivation
Arch-based derivatives publish important announcements; users want them inside Pacsea with filtering and severity hints.
Goals
Recommended implementation
1) Reuse existing news plumbing
DistroId.2) Sources
EndeavourOS → URL,Manjaro → URL, etc., with versioned defaults; allow user override URLs in config for resilience.3) Classification pipeline
4) UX
Acceptance criteria
--dry-runfor any write (if caching to disk is considered mutating, document behavior consistent with app norms).Testing
Risks
Tracking:
dev/ROADMAP/OTHER_distro_news.md